Alexander Piers William Hibbert (born 19 April 1986) is a British polar expedition leader, public speaker, author and photographer.

[1] The younger of two brothers, Hibbert attended Canford School before reading biological sciences at St Hugh's College, Oxford.

Hibbert trained for 12 months in the Royal Marines young officer batch from September 2008, withdrawing shortly before completion due to injury.

In order to break the record Hibbert stated that he and his teammate planned to ski in excess of 40 miles (64 kilometres) and up to 15 hours per day.

He cited a reduction of the value of such titles and memberships in his book Maybe as the reason, stating that they latterly lacked distinction and acted purely as revenue generation for societies.

[6] Hibbert announced plans to reach the Geographic North Pole unsupported in the darkness of winter from the last feasible starting point as yet unattained.

[citation needed] The first attempt to launch the first phase ended when Hibbert's teammate suffered a hernia and the pair had to walk back to Qaanaaq.